Calcasieu Greys, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lake Charles, La.

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THE STATUE OF LIBERTY OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

THE SOUTH'S DEFENDER MONUMENT

Located at the CALCASIEU PARISH COURTHOUSE AT LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

The statue was badly damaged during Hurricane Laura in August 2020 and has yet to be

repaired or restored by the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury, the public agency responsible

for repairing damaged public property.

(Photo by Mike Jones and enhanced by Copilot AI)

July 2026 CALCASIEU GREYS, newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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Sgt.Joseph C. LeBleu

Company K (Confederate States Rangers)

10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Army of Northern Virginia.

He was the colorbearer of the regiment at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Va., on July 1, 1862. The flagpole was shot in two while the regiment was charging a battery of enemy artillery during the battle.

Sgt. LeBleu was a resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and after the war was elected to the

Calcasieu Parish Police Jury. He was a charter member of the Lake Charles camp of the United

Confederate Veterans. LeBleu also organized the first Lake Charles camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in his police jury office.

Calcasieu Greys, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lake Charles, LA. June 2026

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Pvt. Y.R. LeMonnier Jr., Greenleaf's Company, Orleans Light Horse

He was born in Paris, France on Jan. 29, 1843, and joined the Crescent Regiment 

in March 1862 and fought at the Battle of Shiloh. He transferred into the

Orleans Light Horse in July 1862. LeMonnier served in that unit for the

rest of the war and was released on May 1, 1865, after the surrender of

the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, N.C. LeMonnier returned to

New Orleans and became a prominent physician in the Crescent City.

He married in 1873 and died in New Orleans on Jan. 14, 1928,  

Calcasieu Greys, May 2026, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans

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Pvt. A.J. Abshire, Co. F, 11th Battalion (Spaight's) Texas Volunteers

CALCASIEU GREYS, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Lake Charles, Louisiana

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Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard became 

the first Confederate National

Hero with his successful bombardment

of Fort Sumter, S.C. on April 12, 1861.

Calcasieu Greys, March 2026, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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A typical Confederate private.

CALCASIEU GREYS Febrary 2026

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Confederate Artilleryman

(Sixth Plate ambrotype - MD Jones Collection)